Add Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Keywords & Description to each Forum

Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum
Keywords: SEO, Search, Engine, Optimization, Meta-tag, Keywords, Description, Meta, Tags

Context:
This plugin gives you the facility to add some special keywords and descriptions to each forum thus allowing you to optimize each of your forum for its relevant keywords. No need to inform you that Search Engine Optimized (SEO) keywords and description for your forums is essential to enhance your presence in search engines as well as increase your web traffic for relevant keywords.

How this Works?
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net (View the source of each forum to realise the effect of this plugin on your forums.)

Recommended Usage:
Only Text based information should be added in keywords and description for maximum results.

*** Installation Instructions: (Also attached here)
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1.     Installing the Plugin:

      Admincp > Plugin System > Manage Products
     Click: Import Product
      Browse: Your computer for downloaded file "product-forum_seo.xml" 
     After selecting the file, click Import button. 

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2.     Only Template Edit: headinclude


     i)    Edit - headinclude Template:
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        Find:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

        Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
        
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        Find:
            <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

         Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

And you are done with modification !!

Now, simply Go to > Forum Manager > Edit a forum > Towards the bottom you will find the fields to enter your relevant keywords and description. You can play with the template modification to suit your needs.

Enjoy !!

If you installed this plugin, please click INSTALL for future support. :devious:

Thanks

[bashy]

I dont care what anyone says this cant hurt, if it helps then its a bonus, if it dont that i've lost nothing barring a few minutes spent installing..

Well done m8 for releasing this

Happy New year

Bashy

[sportsoutlaw]

While it may not provide alot of help in search engines, I could see this providing some help in terms of adsense if you use it.

[Zia]

Originally Posted by sportsoutlaw

While it may not provide alot of help in search engines, I could see this providing some help in terms of adsense if you use it.

umm would u mind to xplain ?? what it did for adsence??

[Wachtmeister]

Great add-on.

If i have empty keywords and descriptions on my forum admin, vb351 still uses my keywords, given in vb3 admincp, but with 2 leading "," before:

<meta name="keywords" content=",,msn,animoticons,.... /> Am i the only one?

[Neutral Singh]

Yeah, as i said in the first post, you can always play with template modifications. You can try removing commas " , " from headinclude template and add commas only in the space provided in forum manager.

like:
Change the following code in headinclude template:

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />

With the following code:

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords]$threadinfo[title]$vboptions[keywords]" />

Now, the commas should not show up in your metatags even if they are blank. Please let me know if it worked for you now.

I think i will make this a permanent change in first post.

Thanks.

[rlamego]

Seems to be working fine, thanks for the mod =)

[irishblacknight]

Originally Posted by Zia

umm would u mind to xplain ?? what it did for adsence??

Adsense displays ads based on the content of the page, so if you want to improve the targetting then the meta content can definitely help.
A lot of search engines do not use meta content for the ranking, but they will use it in the display of results. If there is no meta content then Google will display the first few phrases in the body content, which may not be as readable as your meta content.

[Snake]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

Yeah, as i said in the first post, you can always play with template modifications. You can try removing commas " , " from headinclude template and add commas only in the space provided in forum manager.

like:
Change the following code in headinclude template:

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />

With the following code:

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords]$threadinfo[title]$vboptions[keywords]" />

Now, the commas should not show up in your metatags even if they are blank. Please let me know if it worked for you now.

I think i will make this a permanent change in first post.

Thanks.

Yeah good it's working now but what if you DON'T want to input something in those fields? It still shoudn't supposed to say " , " or something.

[Snake]

Bump!

[jmw]

Great! Does this plugin work fine with 3.5.3?